Princess (slave ship)

The Princess was a frigate that served as Bartholomew Roberts' first flagship. The Princess was built as a slave ship by the Royal African Company, and Roberts once served as third mate under Captain Abraham Plumb. In June 1719, Howell Davis' pirates captured Princess off Anomabu, Ghana in West Africa, and Roberts and several other crew members were press ganged into Davis' service. The ship served as Roberts' flagship until September 1719, when he captured the Portuguese ship Nosso Senhor de Compreensao, which became his new flagship as "Royal Fortune".